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EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
An unnamed person was killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of Chris Hani, then Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) commander in Lesotho. Eben Frederick Coetzee, a…
EventTranskei announces plans to unban ANC and PAC
During the celebration day of independence not recognised by the international community, the President of the Transkei homeland, Tutor Ndamase, announced that…
EventBulelani Vukwani on a shooting spree
Twenty-nine year old security guard Bulelani Vukwani shot dead eleven people, including his girlfriend, and wounded five at Mdantsane Suburb in East London…
EventThe Japanese government announces that South Africans will no longer be granted visas to enter Japan
Due to South Africa’s Apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s, many countries were cautious to be seen as allies with the country. Japan was one of these…
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
On 22 April 1960, about 1,575 people were detained under South Africa's state of emergency that was declared by the South African government on 30 March 1960…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
Chairperson of the Foreign Correspondents Association; Members of the Association; Distinguished guests. I should start off by apologising for the late…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer It's two and a half years since Maria said those words. Things stayed tense but quiet in Cape Town…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Treaty or no Treaty, the control was in the hands of the military and at this stage…
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
Mr. Chairman, Esteemed Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Ministers and fellow delegates, Comrades leaders of the liberation movements, Ladies…
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
On 3 November 2016 Clive Derby -Lewis, the man who was convicted for the murder of former South African Communist party leader Chris Hani, died after suffering…
PlaceKwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga near Pretoria and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century. This town…
ArchiveMonth of Compassion 1986
A3 full colour poster; litho; drawing man and woman holding cross, soldiers shooting people; text: Month of Compassion 1986; ...This is true: the hour comes,…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.6 No.1 Oct-Dec 1961
CONTENTS a Valediction Forbidding Mourning, Ronald Segal. Cartoon. The Great Smear: Communism and Congress in South Africa, Duma Nokwe. Out of the Strike,…
EventThe Johannesburg International Airport is officially renamed OR Tambo International Airport by President Mbeki.
OR Tambo Airport is South Africa’s main airport for domestic and international flights. It is Located in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, just outside Johannesburg…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
Under the provisions of the General Law Amendment Act of 1962 a list of 102 persons prohibited from attending gatherings was published in the Government…
EventUN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.
The United Nations Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid issued an appeal to member states and organizations to assist families of persons persecuted…
EventElectric lights are installed in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
Adderly Street is possibly the most historically rich street in Cape Town. It gets its name from the man who vehemently opposed a proposal by the British to…
EventNigeria imposes sanctions on South Africa, and implements a total trade boycott
On 11 April 1961, Nigeria imposed a trade boycott on South Africa, due to objections against South Africa's apartheid policy. In early 1960, Nigeria had…
EventSmugglers of military recruits in court
Twelve people (eleven men and one woman) appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court after being accused of smuggling military recruits out of the country. It…
EventTwelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court
Twelve Africans on trial at the Supreme Court in Grahamstown, accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites, were acquitted on the charge,…
EventThe NCCR is dissolved
The National Coordinating Committee for the Repatriation of South African Exiles (NCCR) was dissolved due to fraud and corruption amounting to substantial…
EventPAC attends Patriotic Front Conference
After a long pursuit by the African National Congress (ANC) and other African countries, the Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC) acceded to meet with the ANC…
EventSouth Africa sends troops to Ciskei
On 4 March 1990 Brigadier Oupa Gqozo of the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF), and a former member of the South African Defence Force (SADF), leads a coup in the…
EventLand beyond the Great Berg River is annexed
The district of Clanwilliam celebrates its second centenary on 1 February 2008. On 1 February 1808 the territory north of the Great Berg River, at the foot of…
EventParties start submission to the TRC
The major political parties began their submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In a forty-three-page document the Freedom Front (FF)…
EventThe inauguration of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is celebrated
The inauguration of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) was celebrated a few months after the University College, Johannesburg was granted…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
Political activist, teacher and lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League (ANCYL) and its president in 1947, Ashby Peter (A.P.) Solomzi Mda, was…
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
On 12 August 1913, Koos De La Rey, a South African War II General, was ordered to meet with Generals Jan C Smuts and Louis Botha in Pretoria. The trio was…
EventBoer statesman, soldier and first president of the South African (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius dies
Boer statesman, soldier and first president of the South African (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, died at his home in Potchefstroom at the age…
EventArchbishop William Barnett issues a statement condemning Apartheid
The Anglican Church joined the growing confrontation between church and state, when the Archbishop of Cape Town, Rev. William Barnett issued a statement…